Ureña is 44-77 with a 4.76 ERA over 10 major league seasons with Miami (2015-20), Detroit (2021), Milwaukee (2022), Colorado (2022-23), the Chicago White Sox (2023) and the Rangers.
How are those former New York Mets doing this spring? A mostly inconsequential search of results brings us to one of the least surprising of all. In a bloodlet
Brandon Nimmo, expected to be a big-time contributor for the Mets again this season, has been battling a sore knee at spring training. Here's the latest.
The Detroit Tigers have signed Thomas Szapucki to a minor league deal, per Evan Woodberry of MLive. This did not include an invite to Major League spring traini
The Detroit Tigers assigned four players to minor league spring training, and a former Tigers All-Star signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.
Jose Iglesias, one of the sparkplugs of New York's run to the 2024 postseason, signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.
Jose Ureña, now infamous in Detroit for being the worst starter in the Tigers' 2021 rotation, joined the Mets at camp this week as a non-roster invitee on a minor league deal worth $2 million. His contract also includes another $750,000 available via incentives, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Urena joins his new team after a bounce-back season in 2024. After making only 10 MLB appearances for two teams in 2023, Urena spent 2024 with the Rangers, pitching 109 innings primarily out of the bullpen while posting a 3.80 ERA, his best over the course of a season.
The Detroit Tigers open up their first spring training matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies, but tickets are available for games the next month.
A former Tigers All-Star shortstop will look to play his 13th season of major league baseball after signing with a new club this week. Jose Iglesias signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres, according to the New York Post. He will spend the rest of spring training with the team’s major league club.
Most notably, the New York Mets — who surprised the world in 2024 and advanced to the NLCS after a dismal 28-37 start — are taking the field at their home Port St. Lucie Clover Park with $765 million signee Juan Soto as well as new starting pitchers Clay Holmes and Griffin Canning.